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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Public Works of the City of Saint Paul, for the Year Ending December 31, 1903, St. Paul, Minnesota

REPORT OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
FOI? 1903.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and The Common Council of the City of
St. Paul:
Gentlemen;
In accordance with the provisions of Section 9, Chapter 16 of the city
charter, I submit herewith my report as Commissioner of Public Works,
of the work done and money expended during the year 1903 by the various departments under my charge, which include the Engineering Department, Building Inspector's Office, maintenance of sewers, all street improvements and the collection of garbage. A comprehensive statement
of the expenditures is set fcrth in table No. 4, to which I would particularly call your attention as being a very full, and at the same time a concise
account of amounts disbursed, with the particular funds to which the
cost was charged. As shown by this table, the total cost of all the work
under charge of the Commissioner of Public Works during the year ending Becember 31st, 1903, was $1,121,233.72, disbursed under the following
heads:
Estimates, contract work $609.043.26
Labor, work done by city force _ 217,942.38
Bills, for maintenance 48,846.44
Engineering—Total cost Engineering & Building Dept 30,628.96
Inspection on contract work 17,658.68
Approximate <cost of private and corporation work supervised
'by the commissioner 197,114.00
$1,121,233.72
This amount is larger than for any previous year in the past 13
years, as shown by table No. 3, compiled from the annual reports from
1891 to 1903 inclusive. This table is interesting as showing the great increase in construction work over the year 1894, when the low water mark
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REPORT OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
FOI? 1903.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and The Common Council of the City of
St. Paul:
Gentlemen;
In accordance with the provisions of Section 9, Chapter 16 of the city
charter, I submit herewith my report as Commissioner of Public Works,
of the work done and money expended during the year 1903 by the various departments under my charge, which include the Engineering Department, Building Inspector's Office, maintenance of sewers, all street improvements and the collection of garbage. A comprehensive statement
of the expenditures is set fcrth in table No. 4, to which I would particularly call your attention as being a very full, and at the same time a concise
account of amounts disbursed, with the particular funds to which the
cost was charged. As shown by this table, the total cost of all the work
under charge of the Commissioner of Public Works during the year ending Becember 31st, 1903, was $1,121,233.72, disbursed under the following
heads:
Estimates, contract work $609.043.26
Labor, work done by city force _ 217,942.38
Bills, for maintenance 48,846.44
Engineering—Total cost Engineering & Building Dept 30,628.96
Inspection on contract work 17,658.68
Approximate